Thematic Wildlife

**WPRESTO** · 01-16-2015, 04:44 AM

A pair of bat-eared foxes playing hard-to-see. Think this is a mated pair rather than a mother and pup, but I'm not sure that mated pairs stay together to make a team in this species.

Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:15 PM.

**Des** · 01-27-2015, 09:41 PM - **2 Likes**

You want big? How about this? (Westernport bay, Victoria, Australia. K100D + Tamron 18-250)

**noelcmn** · 01-28-2015, 05:04 AM - **1 Like**

Very nice Des! Love that falling water from the tail!

Rietvlei Nature Reserve

**WPRESTO** · 01-28-2015, 07:32 AM - **1 Like**

Noelcmn images an aerial creature in the water. Here's an aquatic creature up in the air, in a manner of speaking. These denizens of mangrove swamps are a little tricky to photograph, as they tend to play like squirrels and certain beetles scurrying to the opposite side of a branch if they detect movement.

Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

**noelcmn** · 01-28-2015, 01:28 PM

Nice one WPRESTO. Yep, they are notoriously difficult to capture.
Darter of to add some material to the nest.

**WPRESTO** · 01-28-2015, 01:38 PM

Here's another sticking, rather than feathering its nest. Scan from a chrome that picked up a screen-like texture not in the original

---------- Post added 01-28-15 at 03:43 PM ----------

Originally posted by noelcmn

Nice one WPRESTO. Yep, they are notoriously difficult to capture.
Darter of to add some material to the nest.

Sometimes I've managed to get them back in view by extending my arm holding a sun hat, but if I move too fast to re-frame, they scuttle out of sight again. They never come back at the same point that they disappeared.

**noelcmn** · 01-28-2015, 01:45 PM

Martial Eagle-This is a Juvenile, since it does not have the characteristic spotted white head/chest of the adult bird. They are increasingly becoming endangered.

**WPRESTO** · 01-28-2015, 01:49 PM

Ha! Ha! Some of us are not endangered - - - - - yet.

**noelcmn** · 01-28-2015, 02:06 PM

I'm not surprised, the way they breed. And what with very few natural enemies, it is mostly disease and infanticide that are the main culprits that bring death to Hippos.

**Des** · 01-28-2015, 02:13 PM

Originally posted by noelcmn

Very nice Des! Love that falling water from the tail!

Thanks Noel. From memory it was about 40-50 metres away. The whale (a young male humpback) was checking out the boat as much as we were checking it out.

Enjoying your bird photos. Is that a cattle egret in breeding plumage?

**WPRESTO** · 01-28-2015, 02:45 PM

Here's something gnu

**noelcmn** · 01-28-2015, 11:16 PM

Knew, Nu, Gnu, new- Ah the English language!

**WPRESTO** · 01-29-2015, 04:43 AM

A small carni-omni-vore

**noelcmn** · 01-29-2015, 07:21 AM

Back to birds-one that I do not see often in th Kruger Park- I think I have seen it only 3 times over the years. Blackcrowned Tchagra.

**WPRESTO** · 01-29-2015, 08:23 AM

Lizard.

01-28-2015, 01:38 PM	#1521
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Here's another sticking, rather than feathering its nest. Scan from a chrome that picked up a screen-like texture not in the original ---------- Post added 01-28-15 at 03:43 PM ---------- Originally posted by noelcmn Nice one WPRESTO. Yep, they are notoriously difficult to capture. Darter of to add some material to the nest. Sometimes I've managed to get them back in view by extending my arm holding a sun hat, but if I move too fast to re-frame, they scuttle out of sight again. They never come back at the same point that they disappeared. Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-28-2015, 01:49 PM	#1523
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Ha! Ha! Some of us are not endangered - - - - - yet. Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-28-2015, 02:45 PM	#1526
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Here's something gnu Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-29-2015, 04:43 AM	#1528
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	A small carni-omni-vore Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-29-2015, 08:23 AM	#1530
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Lizard. Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-16-2015, 04:44 AM	#1516
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	A pair of bat-eared foxes playing hard-to-see. Think this is a mated pair rather than a mother and pup, but I'm not sure that mated pairs stay together to make a team in this species. Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:15 PM.

01-27-2015, 09:41 PM - 2 Likes	#1517
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	You want big? How about this? (Westernport bay, Victoria, Australia. K100D + Tamron 18-250)

01-28-2015, 05:04 AM - 1 Like	#1518
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Very nice Des! Love that falling water from the tail! Rietvlei Nature Reserve

01-28-2015, 07:32 AM - 1 Like	#1519
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Noelcmn images an aerial creature in the water. Here's an aquatic creature up in the air, in a manner of speaking. These denizens of mangrove swamps are a little tricky to photograph, as they tend to play like squirrels and certain beetles scurrying to the opposite side of a branch if they detect movement. Last edited by WPRESTO; 03-24-2015 at 12:16 PM.

01-28-2015, 01:28 PM	#1520
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Nice one WPRESTO. Yep, they are notoriously difficult to capture. Darter of to add some material to the nest.

01-28-2015, 01:45 PM	#1522
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Martial Eagle-This is a Juvenile, since it does not have the characteristic spotted white head/chest of the adult bird. They are increasingly becoming endangered.

01-28-2015, 02:06 PM	#1524
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	I'm not surprised, the way they breed. And what with very few natural enemies, it is mostly disease and infanticide that are the main culprits that bring death to Hippos.

01-28-2015, 02:13 PM	#1525
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	Originally posted by noelcmn Very nice Des! Love that falling water from the tail! Thanks Noel. From memory it was about 40-50 metres away. The whale (a young male humpback) was checking out the boat as much as we were checking it out. Enjoying your bird photos. Is that a cattle egret in breeding plumage?

01-28-2015, 11:16 PM	#1527
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Knew, Nu, Gnu, new- Ah the English language!

01-29-2015, 07:21 AM	#1529
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Back to birds-one that I do not see often in th Kruger Park- I think I have seen it only 3 times over the years. Blackcrowned Tchagra.

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